UGLi TOOLBOX: A collection of ready to use, user friendly resources that compliment UGLi Wiki lesson plans.
New Toolbox Resouces added for Media Literacy Lesson Planning 2011Here are some sites that I have found in getting ready to pull together some long range plans for Media Literacy (Julie Richer)
www.adbuzz.com Just found this a week ago. Why didn't I find it last year? This is a great site for getting some clips, commercials, jingles etc. to use as hooks and examples for media lessons
http://mediaeducationlab.com WOW!!!!!!! Thanks Maryland! This is a comprehensive set of Lessons with handouts etc. giving a great starting point for Media Literacy Units for both Elementary and Middle School. Tonnes of great stuff here and other great links such as the http://mypopstudio.com which would be a great site to add to your list of sites for students to explore when they complete work early or as part of a jigsaw activity where kids share what they learned at different sites.
http://mnet.hypernet.ca This is the site that I used last year for Passport to the Internet. This provided the framework and backbone of my Term 1 lessons and activities in Junior Media Classes. Teacher User name onedt10 Password wut4kx and Student Username oneds10 and Password 8ngefy. The only issue with this site that I had was that it doesn't save their progress on the passports. The kids really liked this site a lot!
http://mediameltdown.net/ I also used this site last year and the kids enjoyed it and I was able to use some of the True and False questions on the term quiz. We had the graphic novel in the library and that was how I stumbled on the site to go with it. This would be exhausted after one lesson but still another virtual place to take students
http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/ This was a great site I used last year in Term 2. The kids also really loved exploring this site. It is organized into 3 main topics to raise awareness about the food and entertainment industry tricks used in advertising. It also has a call to action for kids regarding media. Some great activities on this site that get kids thinking critically as well as some simple creative tools.
Tech2Learn - UGDSB's own Brenda Sherry has created a wiki for teachers to collaborate, learn, share & teach using social software and technology. Includes information and ideas for using OSAPAC software, Digital Storytelling, Graphic Organizers, Smartboards, Dana, & Kurzweil.
WebTools4U2Use - This wiki was created for school library media specialists by Dr. Donna Baumbach and Dr. Judy Lee, University of Central Florida. The purpose is to provide information about some of the new web-based tools (Web 2.0) and how they can be used and are being used by school library media specialists and their students and teachers.
Teacher-Librarian Wiki- Joyce Valenza's wiki to promote teacher-librarian collaboration. It is a space to SHARE our best wisdom and our best instruction--the new understandings, lessons, units, handouts, rubrics, presentations, images, and teaching tips that have been either rotting in our file cabinets or posted and lonely on our individual sites.
Library Success - A Best Practices Wiki - This wiki was created to be a one-stop shop for great ideas and information for all types of librarians. All over the world, librarians are developing successful programs and doing innovative things with technology that no one outside of their library knows about. There are lots of great blogs out there sharing information about the profession, but there is no one place where all of this information is collected and organized. That's what we're trying to do.
Cool Tools for Schools - A comprehensive list of Web 2.0 tools organized by subject for schools.
Mosaic Listserve - Teaching Tools - This site offers many must-learn lessons, assessments, presentations, etc. which could be easily adapted to work with resources in your library collection.
Scholastic: For Librarianshttp://www.scholastic.com/librarians/ This site offers a "Librarian Network" featuring author videos, book talks, a "Using Technology" section and more.
Into the Book - This site presents a multimedia approach to improve students' reading comprehension skills. The site is divided into eight strategies and includes videos, student interactives, posters, lessons, books, links, etc.
Red Fish SoupThis is an excellent site for Kindergarten and Grade 1 students who need basic practice clicking and manipulating their mouse. The site offers many short activities. Students can
access a french version (www.poissonrouge.com) or an english version (red fish soup).
A collection of ready to use, user friendly resources that compliment UGLi Wiki lesson plans.
New Toolbox Resouces added for Media Literacy Lesson Planning 2011Here are some sites that I have found in getting ready to pull together some long range plans for Media Literacy (Julie Richer)
MUST LEARNS
From the Information Studies Document:
Basics of information studies curriculum in checklist form for each grade
Stages of research organized as a continuum by grade
4 Stages of Research:
Primary Research Folio
Junior Research Folio
Intermediate Research Folio
Research Posters
From the Ontario School Library Association: The Teacher Librarian's Toolkit for Evidence-Based Practice
Google for Educators:
Classroom Activities
Classroom Posters
Other Wikis/Websites to Explore:
Tech2Learn - UGDSB's own Brenda Sherry has created a wiki for teachers to collaborate, learn, share & teach using social software and technology. Includes information and ideas for using OSAPAC software, Digital Storytelling, Graphic Organizers, Smartboards, Dana, & Kurzweil.
WebTools4U2Use - This wiki was created for school library media specialists by Dr. Donna Baumbach and Dr. Judy Lee, University of Central Florida. The purpose is to provide information about some of the new web-based tools (Web 2.0) and how they can be used and are being used by school library media specialists and their students and teachers.
Teacher-Librarian Wiki- Joyce Valenza's wiki to promote teacher-librarian collaboration. It is a space to SHARE our best wisdom and our best instruction--the new understandings, lessons, units, handouts, rubrics, presentations, images, and teaching tips that have been either rotting in our file cabinets or posted and lonely on our individual sites.
Library Success - A Best Practices Wiki - This wiki was created to be a one-stop shop for great ideas and information for all types of librarians. All over the world, librarians are developing successful programs and doing innovative things with technology that no one outside of their library knows about. There are lots of great blogs out there sharing information about the profession, but there is no one place where all of this information is collected and organized. That's what we're trying to do.
Cool Tools for Schools - A comprehensive list of Web 2.0 tools organized by subject for schools.
Mosaic Listserve - Teaching Tools - This site offers many must-learn lessons, assessments, presentations, etc. which could be easily adapted to work with resources in your library collection.
Scholastic: For Librarians http://www.scholastic.com/librarians/ This site offers a "Librarian Network" featuring author videos, book talks, a "Using Technology" section and more.
Into the Book - This site presents a multimedia approach to improve students' reading comprehension skills. The site is divided into eight strategies and includes videos, student interactives, posters, lessons, books, links, etc.
Red Fish SoupThis is an excellent site for Kindergarten and Grade 1 students who need basic practice clicking and manipulating their mouse. The site offers many short activities. Students can
access a french version (www.poissonrouge.com) or an english version (red fish soup).